Other Stuff



These are links to a gallimaufry of posts, mainly on place-related things that drift across my bows, but also the backstory of the region and its landscape to accompany the more locally focused notes on my cycle route notes. 

The Backstory 

The landscape.

The Deep Past              Intro & Apologia
1. Hell to High Water     Creation to Extinction
2. Coming Up For Air     England Arrives. 
3. Mud                           How our stones started life
4. Chilling Out               The Ice Ages
5. The Lay of the Land  Shaping the Countryside
6. The Chalk                   The Chalk Landscapes

The farmers

7.   P(re)people                  Hunters & Gatherers
8.   Enter The Flintstones  The First Farmers
9.   Bronze & Iron              Stonehenge to Silchester 
10Britons to Saxons        Anglo-Saxon SE England 

The Commuters : Metroland

10.  The Suburban Sprawl      Commuter paradise 
11.  The Semi                          Commuter palaces
12.  1000 Words On A Brick   A single brick! 
13.  Edward Watkin                Maker of Metroland 
14.  Stanmore Country Park  Get a bird's eye view 

The Gallimaufry 

Relics or Rebuilds? 

Whatever happened to Middlesex? 

And the Middlesex Hundreds? 
Ossulstone  (Deceased) 

The Travails of the Canal & River Trust 

Thousands. Not all forts. 

An Odd World 

A bonkers extension to a desert. 

A paradise afloat for plutocrats and scientologists

Why? 

A Diatribe
Point Gourde : Point Gourde and English Housing

Fossil fuels from leafy Surrey to North London. 

Painting and Decorating, Stalin style 

Faking it, Shanghai Style 

Tony Blair's Buckinghamshire Mansionette


Diversions & Digressions

The Rough Guide to Hell : 1

The Rough Guide to Hell : 2

The Rough Guide to Hell : 3

The Rough Guide to Hell : 4


If you want to see  bits of ancient earth without travelling too far.  

Without enthusiasm. 

With Vitriol

The Gentle Art of Tramping

Sussex' Reactionary Rambler

Moaning & Groaning  

Pootling Tech


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